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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Jane Chu <jane.chu@oracle.com>
Cc: david@fromorbit.com, djwong@kernel.org, dan.j.williams@intel.com,
	hch@infradead.org, vishal.l.verma@intel.com,
	dave.jiang@intel.com, agk@redhat.com, snitzer@redhat.com,
	dm-devel@redhat.com, ira.weiny@intel.com, willy@infradead.org,
	vgoyal@redhat.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	nvdimm@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] mce: fix set_mce_nospec to always unmap the whole page
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 01:44:10 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YjmMWvDRUHE08T+a@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220319062833.3136528-4-jane.chu@oracle.com>

On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 12:28:30AM -0600, Jane Chu wrote:
> Mark poisoned page as not present, and to reverse the 'np' effect,
> restate the _PAGE_PRESENT bit. Please refer to discussions here for
> reason behind the decision.
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPcyv4hrXPb1tASBZUg-GgdVs0OOFKXMXLiHmktg_kFi7YBMyQ@mail.gmail.com/

I think it would be good to summarize the conclusion here instead of
just linking to it.

> +static int _set_memory_present(unsigned long addr, int numpages)
> +{
> +	return change_page_attr_set(&addr, numpages, __pgprot(_PAGE_PRESENT), 0);
> +}

What is the point of this trivial helper with a single caller?


  reply	other threads:[~2022-03-22  8:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-19  6:28 [PATCH v6 0/6] DAX poison recovery Jane Chu
2022-03-19  6:28 ` [PATCH v6 1/6] x86/mm: fix comment Jane Chu
2022-03-22  8:40   ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-03-19  6:28 ` [PATCH v6 2/6] x86/mce: relocate set{clear}_mce_nospec() functions Jane Chu
2022-03-19  8:13   ` kernel test robot
2022-03-19  8:24   ` kernel test robot
2022-03-22  8:42   ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-03-22 22:19     ` Jane Chu
2022-03-22 22:41   ` Borislav Petkov
2022-03-22 23:48     ` Jane Chu
2022-03-19  6:28 ` [PATCH v6 3/6] mce: fix set_mce_nospec to always unmap the whole page Jane Chu
2022-03-22  8:44   ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2022-03-22 22:45     ` Jane Chu
2022-03-19  6:28 ` [PATCH v6 4/6] dax: add DAX_RECOVERY flag and .recovery_write dev_pgmap_ops Jane Chu
2022-03-19  8:24   ` kernel test robot
2022-03-19  8:44   ` kernel test robot
2022-03-22  9:01   ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-03-22 23:05     ` Jane Chu
2022-03-23  5:45       ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-03-23 18:43         ` Jane Chu
2022-03-24  6:37           ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-03-26  6:31         ` Jane Chu
2022-03-19  6:28 ` [PATCH v6 5/6] pmem: refactor pmem_clear_poison() Jane Chu
2022-03-22  8:53   ` Christoph Hellwig
2022-03-22 23:45     ` Jane Chu
2022-03-19  6:28 ` [PATCH v6 6/6] pmem: implement pmem_recovery_write() Jane Chu

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